3D objects not visible at high altitudes

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Which products are affected?
Google Earth

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Place 3D object at a high altitude
2. Attempt to view at reasonable range
3.

What is the expected output or behavior? What do you see instead?
The object is not visible

What application versions (if any) are you using?
Google Earth
5.0.11733.9347
Build Date
May 5, 2009
Build Time
2:43:21 am
Renderer
DirectX 9
Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
Video Driver
000010DE (00006.00014.00011.07813)
Max Texture Size
8192x8192
Server
kh.google.com

Which operating systems and browsers are affected?
Window XP

Please provide any additional information (code snippets/links) below.

Which products are relevant to this feature request?
Google Earth

What should this feature enhancement do?
Allow 3D object to be displayed normally at high altitudes.

Are there any currently known workarounds that produce the same, or
similar, result?
If you increase the view range and the scale of the object together
linearly you will be able to see the object.  However, the scale will be
out of wack.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by epthe...@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2009 at 7:52

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Related issue: http://code.google.com/p/earth-api-samples/issues/detail?id=120

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2009 at 9:54

• Added labels: Internal-1080328, Product-Earth

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It would be ideal for us to have the near clipping plane set to half the 
"range" when 
using the LookAt camera.  This would provide for large objects at the LookAt 
point.

Original comment by tohl...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2009 at 5:11

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Fixed in 5.2.1.1329

Original comment by jli...@google.com on 16 Jun 2010 at 3:39

• Changed state: Fixed